cbdMD, Inc. at its AGM held on March 29, 2024, announced the appointment of Brad Whitford as Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. The board of directors made the following board committee appointments: Audit Committee: William F. Raines, III, Chairman, Bakari Sellers, Scott G. Stephen. Compensation, Corporate Bakari Sellers, Chairman Governance and Nominating William F. Raines, III Committee: Scott G. Stephen.

Mr. Whitford, age 43, has been employed by the Company since 2021. Prior to joining the Company he served as Corporate Accounting Manager ? Global Close and Consolidations for Diversey, Inc., a hygiene, infection prevention and cleanings solutions company from 2019 to 2021.

Prior to his role at Diversey, he served as Corporate Controller for Four S LLC, a franchisee of Sola Salons Studios in the US from 2017 to 2019 and as Vice President and Corporate Controller of Campus Crest Communities, Inc., a vertically integrated developer of luxury student housing in the US and Canada from 2014 to 2016. Mr. Whitford graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a BA in Psychology and Master of Science in Accountancy.